Biography

Nandita Kumar explores the elemental process through which human beings construct meaning from their experiences, by creating sensory narratives through the usage of sound, video/animation, smartphone apps, hacked plotter, customized motherboards, sensors, Solar cells. In her research, she attempts to locate inherent patterns, modes of sustainability, cultural hybridity, technology and the synergy between nature and our current urban environment. Through her installations, which seamlessly integrate new media and materiality, she envisions creating work that propels individuals towards progressive consciousness by connecting the self, body, community and ecology. Nandita has shown in ZKM, Kiasma, LACMA, REDCAT, ISEA, Jeu de Paume, Film Archive NY, NTAA.